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5:35 PM ET, January 28, 2009

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David Caplan / People.com:
Kim Kardashian: Jessica Simpson ‘Looks Hot!’  —  Kim Kardashian is coming to Jessica Simpson's defense - one curvy girl to another - following a slew of reports ridiculing Simpson's fuller figure.  —  In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE Wednesday, Kardashian, 28, said, “Call me crazy …
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Ashlee Simpson / Ashlee Simpson:
Since when did a woman's weight become newsworthy...  I am completely disgusted by the headlines concerning my sister's weight.  A week after the inauguration and with such a feeling of hope in the air for our country, I find it completely embarrassing and belittling to all women to read …
OK! Magazine:
Tony Likes Jessica's Curves
Discussion: Dlisted and Celebslam
OK! Magazine:
Cover Story: Tom & Katie's Baby News  —  When Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes exited the Ivy restaurant in L.A. on Jan. 21, the smiles on their faces as they glanced at each other said it all: “We're in love!”  But when Tom gently placed his hand over his beautiful wife's belly and she clasped …
Jen / Britney Spears:
EXCLUSIVE: Tour Rehearsal Pics  — “WTF im verry mad britney did not make an anouncemetn that she was addind dates” —anthony saavedra  — “SO hot!”  —karm  — “Hi Britney just want to tell you that as someone who has suffered from manic” —kelley  — “look at those arms, want to see the vegas show... hope i can!”
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Bill Zwecker / Chicago Sun Times:
Brit's in snit over K-Fed  —  Pop tart doesn't want his new girlfriend near their kids  —  Everyone knows Britney Spears is no fan of ex-hubby Kevin Federline's new galpal, ex-volleyball champ Victoria Prince.  But on Monday, a longtime Spears insider called this column to share tidbits …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Celebslam
Hollywoodtuna:   Britney Spears Is Tight But Can She Perform?
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Why Angelina Jolie Wore Her Dress Backward  —  Blogs have been buzzing that Angelina Jolie wore her cornflower blue Max Azria gown backward at Sunday's Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles.  —  Well, she did.  —  Her stylist Jen Rade tells Usmagazine.com Jolie purposefully turned around the dress …
Courtney Hazlett / MSNBC:
Scoop: Alba schools Fox's O'Reilly  —  Plus: Simpson won't spin weight loss; Anderson finds trailer-park love  —  Jessica Alba is setting the record straight: Sweden was neutral during World War II.  —  Alba and Fox TV show host Bill O'Reilly traded punches last week after the presidential inauguration.
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Jay Bird / Cele|bitchy:
Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer split again for good
Gina Serpe / E! Online:
Lara Croft Reboots Without Angelina  —  Angelina Jolie's loss may just be Megan Fox's gain.  —  Warner Bros. has confirmed plans to relaunch—and completely overhaul—the hot-pants-wearing, artifact-collecting Lara Croft: Tomb Raider franchise, with the first major casualty being Jolie.
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Steven Zeitchik / Hollywood Reporter:
Lara Croft to return to the big screen  —  Warners, Dan Lin in early development on reboot  —  Lara Croft could soon be going on a new big-screen mission.  —  Warners Bros. and producer Dan Lin are in early development on a a reboot of “Tomb Raider,” the popular video game action franchise.
Billboard:
Kelly Clarkson Breaks Record For Hot 100 Jump  —  Kelly Clarkson will make history on this week's Billboard Hot 100, to be posted tomorrow (Jan. 29) on Billboard.com, with the largest leap to No. 1 in the chart's 50-year history.  —  Her new single, “My Life Would Suck Without You,” …
The Real Story with Michael Lohan:
PLEASE HELP!!!  —  Like I said in the past, “if I see or hear of anyone or anything causing harm or is seen as a threat to my children,” I will speak about it, and do anything I can to try to intervene regardless of the repercussions on me.  —  With that said, after seeing promise …
Reagan Alexander / People.com:
HIMYM's Cobie Smulders Flashes Her New Engagement Ring  —  Cobie Smulders and Taran Killam  —  How I Met Your Mother star Cobie Smulders is clearly ringing in the New Year in style: with a baby due this spring and some new hardware adorning her left hand.  —  Asked by PEOPLE if it is …
E! Online:
Bahamian Politician Bailed in Travolta Extortion Plot  —  Jerome Ware/ZUMAPress.com; Photo by Farreno Ferguson/ZUMA Press; Farreno Ferguson/ZUMAPress.com  —  A former Bahamian lawmaker today turned up in court to face charges of conspiring to extort $25 million from John Travolta and Kelly Preston …
Discussion: The Gossip Girls and E! Online
Silas Lesnick / MTV:
Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, Scarlett Johansson Dish About Dating Advice  —  'He's Just Not That Into You' stars talk cherry tomatoes and the downside of dating in the public eye.  —  Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore and Scarlett Johansson are three of the lovely ladies in next week's …
Associated Press:
Justin Timberlake Discusses His ‘SNL’ Jokes  —  NEW YORK (AP) - One visit to Beyonce's dressing room was all it took for Justin Timberlake to ease her concerns about a “Saturday Night Live” skit featuring the two of them.  —  When Beyonce told him she was having second thoughts about a sketch …
Bossip.com:
Exclusive* Kelly Rowland Fires Manager Mathew Knowles, Relationship with Beyonce Said To Be “Strained”  —  A highly placed source in Kelly Rowland's camp exclusively tells Bossip she fired manager Mathew Knowles yesterday.  The well positioned source tells Bossip a big argument went down and at the end …
Margaret Wappler / Pop & Hiss:
Coachella: Ryan Seacrest is wrong  —  Ryan Seacrest, the host of “American Idol” who likes to give high-fives to the blind, has posted, or has had one of his minions post, a lineup for Coachella, the April festival in Indio that will be announced — for real — sometime very, very soon.
Discussion: OH NO!! and Stereogum
Starpulse:
Jennifer Aniston Turns Down Playboy  —  Jennifer Aniston has turned down a $4 million offer to pose naked for Playboy.  —  Magazine boss Hugh Hefner reportedly approached the former Friends star after her recent photo shoot for GQ, in which she posed nude except for an appropriately placed necktie.
TMZ.com:
Kristen Stewart Keeps On Truckin'  —  Apparently, Kristen Stewart is spending her “Twilight” dollars on things besides fancy new cars.  —  The 18-year-old upped her hipster cool points by keepin' it real in a dirty pickup truck.  —  Put that in your pipe and smoke it, Robert Pattinson.  —  See Also
Discussion: OH NO!!
Ryan Seacrest Blog:
Coachella 2009 Lineup Announced!  —  The West coast's foremost music festival Coachella just released the lineup for the 2009 weekend and it does not disappoint!  Check out some of the biggest acts below!  —  FRIDAY  —  Nine Inch Nails  —  Morrissey  —  Franz Ferdinand  —  Katy Perry
Discussion: Pop Crunch, Defamer, OH NO!! and Idolator
 
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